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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Terry suppose the women of an all-female society would be like?
(a) Sweet and gentle.
(b) Untrusting and timid.
(c) Hard-working and serious.
(d) Jealous and competitive.

2. What did the author complete before her death?
(a) A university lecture tour.
(b) A study of women in the workplace.
(c) Her autobiography.
(d) Her first novel.

3. What is Jeff's profession?
(a) Jeff is a photographer.
(b) Jeff is not employed.
(c) Jeff is a doctor.
(d) Jeff is a professor.

4. What animal does Somel say is present on her society's land?
(a) Ferrets.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Cats.
(d) Sheep.

5. What movement are the author's works linked to by Ann J. Lane?
(a) The civil rights movement.
(b) The abolitionist movement
(c) The environmental movement.
(d) The feminist movement.

6. What does Vandyck note about the clothing that they are wearing?
(a) The clothes have many pockets.
(b) The clothes are warm.
(c) The clothes shine in the moonlight.
(d) The clothes are very dirty.

7. What was the author diagnosed with while living in Connecticut?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) A brain tumor.
(d) Heart disease.

8. What is Jeff's surname?
(a) Mortimer.
(b) Matthews.
(c) Margrave.
(d) Milton.

9. Who is the author of "Herland"?
(a) Ayn Rand.
(b) Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
(c) Barbara Pym.
(d) Margaret Atwood.

10. How do the women refer to their society when it still included men?
(a) As bi-sexual.
(b) As man-ruled.
(c) As two-sided.
(d) As co-gendered.

11. What does Jeff imagine an all-female society would be like?
(a) Creative.
(b) Unproductive.
(c) Disorganized.
(d) Harmonious.

12. What does Lane say the author considered herself to be?
(a) A humanist.
(b) A reformist.
(c) A humorist.
(d) A feminist.

13. What are Vandyck, Terry and Jeff prepared to do if they find there are men in the all-female society?
(a) Run away.
(b) Return with a larger exploratory party.
(c) Defend themselves.
(d) Offer the men money.

14. What does Somel promise to provide the men with?
(a) A history of her civilization.
(b) Individual houses.
(c) Brides.
(d) New clothing.

15. What is characteristic of the village that the men see?
(a) The colorful flags.
(b) The wild-growing plants.
(c) The gravel roads.
(d) The clean architecture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Alima, Celis and Ellador give the men in Chapter 4?

2. Where do the explorers suppose the men of the society live?

3. Who did the author's ex-husband remarry?

4. What does Terry NOT offer the women in the town center?

5. Based on the men's comments in Chapter 5, what do women believe is a problem where the men come from?

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